Nowadays, erectile dysfunction patients can always go to the doctor for drugs to get harder erections. However, many impotent men are reluctant to do this for various reasons such as the risks of having negative side effects from the pills, regular trips to the doctor’s office is time consuming and expensive or just simply want natural ways to get their erections without medicines.

Well, whatever your reasons may be, in most cases, impotency can be cured or at least improved upon by natural means through a healthier lifestyle. The following are some tips on how you can get harder erections without taking the pills prescribed by your doctor.

Quit Smoking – Smoking damages your blood vessels and thus may obstruct smooth blood flow to your sex organ. When sexually excited, your penis is gorged with blood thereby causing the erection. Therefore when blood flow to your penis is impeded, then your erections will not be as hard or lasts as long.

Quitting smoking may be very difficult because of the strong addiction to nicotine, nut it can be done. With nicotine replacement aids such as nicotine gums and inhalers plus some determination on your part, you can defeat your smoking habit which may even save your life. Thousands of people all over the world successfully quit smoking everyday, including myself.

Moderate Alcohol Consumption – If you are a heavy drinker, you may wish to limit your alcohol consumption. Alcohol inhibits your production of testosterone. When your testosterone level is low, your libido will decline correspondingly.

Many medical studies have concluded that long term alcohol abuse can result in erectile dysfunction even while you are sober. Heavy drinking over a period of time can also damage your testicular cells and cause shrunken testicles. Just think what will it be like when you stand in front of your sexual partner with a limp penis and shrunken balls?

Regular Exercise Program – Begin a regular exercise program. Regular exercise strengthens your heart and lungs thus improving your blood circulation which in turn provides more blood to your penis when stimulated making it rock solid hard. Regular exercise can also lower your high blood pressure as well as relieving stress, both of which are known causes of erectile dysfunction in men and best of all, exercising regularly also encourage testosterone production.

Lose Weight – If you are overweight, this is the time to lose your excess weight. Studies have shown that obesity is linked to erectile dysfunction. This link has been shown in many epidemiological studies where obese men reported a higher frequency of difficulties in their sexual performances, especially in having erections.

If you have been doing all the above and still want to have even harder erections, then you may wish to contend with some herbal supplements. These are not drugs or medicines but are traditional herbs used for the treatment of impotency from various cultures. Here are two of them which have been known to be effective.

Tribulus Terrestris – Tribulus Terrestris is a herb that has been used in the traditionally in China and India for centuries. This herb is often used for the treatment of infertility, erectile dysfunction, and low sex drive. Clinical studies found that this herb can cause heightened sexual behavior and increase intracavernous pressure (hard erections) due to the increases in testosterone.

Tongkat Ali – Tongkat Ali is a tree native to Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. When literally translated from Malay, it means “Ali’s walking stick”. The Tongkat Ali was hailed as the “Asian Viagra” in a May 1999 report in the New Sunday Times, Malaysia’s main English language newspaper.

The root of this tree has been used in Malaysia for many years by men who want to improve their libido and to treat erectile dysfunction.

As you can see, just by making some lifestyle adjustments and adding some herbs if preferred, you may be able to overcome your erectile dysfunction disorder and can impress your sexual partner with your new found hardness.